Eagles6, according to this post by Persevero earlier on a different thread, dad is not affiliated with the Muslim religion. He could very well be correct or maybe dad was a sleeper? I’ve no idea, sharing Persevero’s post because it’s the first thing I’ve seen even close to someone who really knows the parents. NOT defending dad, Bowe or anyone, just putting this out there.
*Persevero’s find from FB, posted on FR here, post 134:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3162555/posts
Ok, this was posted publicly on Facebook, so I am cutting and pasting. This is who and what I know. Take it for what it is worth. I believe we all agree that we want the truth to come out.
Glenn was the pastor of the Bergdahls when their son was taken captive. I am posting this with his permission.
Glenn: Now, supposedly, Bowe is a traitor, Bob is a Muslim sleeper, and terrorists have been released to threaten the USA.
Let me point out:
1) Only Bowe Bergdahl knows the exact circumstances of his capture. Though it may have been foolish for him to walk a few yards away from his bunker in Eastern Afghanistan, he hardly had the liberty to return the next morning. So, could he be charged or convicted of desertion? If it was a foolish act, he has paid a heavy price for his his actions. The military will sort out these matters. Bowe may prove an invaluable source of intelligence of Taliban activities over the last five years.
2) At the dissolution of Sovereign Redeemer Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Boise last year, Bob and Janil were members in good standing. Though Bob tends toward Libertarian political views, reads Calvin and Rushdoony, questions some aspects of US Middle-eastern foreign and military policy, isnt that what being an American is about... the right to question our government and its actions, and to hold strange views, even to be a Calvinist or Theonomist or Libertarian? To the best of my knowledge, Bob has been a desperate father trying to learn as much about his sons captors in a time when he never knew if hed see him alive again.
If Bob were a Muslim, would we rejoice any less in the return of a son and brother from five years captivity, when whether he was alive or dead, and how he was treated, was unknown?
I remember Bobs concern for the salvation of his son when he was captured. He told me, I pray as much for his conversion to Christ as I do for his life to be spared.
3) Are the Guantanamo detainees POWs or criminals? If criminals, give them fair trials and if convicted impose a just sentence. If POWs, there will come a time when they will all be released; which is normal in the cessation of hostilities. So, if they are going to eventually be released, didnt it make sense to get something for five of them. Prisoner exchanges are often part of most wars. Israel, a few years ago, released a thousand Palestinian prisoners to obtain the release of one of their soldiers. I given the president some credit for taking bold and potentially controversial action to save Bowes life and return him home.
Cant these conspiracy accusers shut up for a week or two and let the Bergdahls enjoy having their son, who once seemed dead and is yet alive, safe in American hands?
>> walk a few yards away from his bunker
Before wandering away he mailed home his uniform.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-sgt-bowe-bergdahl-a-hero-or-a-deserter/
“Cant these conspiracy accusers shut up for a week or two and let the Bergdahls enjoy having their son, who once seemed dead and is yet alive, safe in American hands?”
No.
Cant these conspiracy accusers shut up for a week or two and let the Bergdahls enjoy having their son, who once seemed dead and is yet alive, safe in American hands?
Nice try, but there is no conspiracy here and the response to whole prisoner swap is actually more subdued than it deserves to be.
Direct witnesses who are fellow soldiers have explicitly stated that this guy is at best a deserter and potentially a traitor.
He does not deserve a week or two of time with his family, he deserves to be thrown in the stockade at Leavenworth pending an inquiry into his behavior over the last 5 years
I call BS!.....a member of ‘good standing’ in an OPC church would not be praising ‘allah’ as he did !!!!!
I am not buying this ‘pastor’ & his version of the parents.
Something is very rotten.
Church was dissolved in 2010 per this list:
http://www.nonprofitfacts.com//ID/Servants-Of-The-Kingdom-Ltd.html